Definition for Transfix:

• to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; " The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

Synonyms for Transfix:

• n.

  •
  • enthuse,
  • dazzle,
  • fire someone with enthusiasm,
  • motivate,
  • attract,
  • inspire,
  • hypnotize.
  •
  • spear.
  •
  • grab,
  • excite,
  • catch up,
  • arrest,
  • hold.

• v.

  •fascinate (verb)
  • over-whelmed,
  • be-guile,
  • be witch,
  • trans-fixed,
  • over-whelm,
  • over-whelming,
  • de-lighting,
  • trans fixes,
  • be-witch,
  • over powers,
  • over powered,
  • rivetting,
  • ex cites,
  • de lighting,
  • over-power,
  • de lighted,
  • be guile,
  • be guiles,
  • in vite,
  • trans-fix,
  • ex cited,
  • ex-cites,
  • sub-dues,
  • ex cite,
  • de-lighted,
  • trans fixed,
  • ex-cite,
  • over powering,
  • trans fixing,
  • over power,
  • de-light,
  • trans-fixt,
  • de lights,
  • over whelming,
  • trans-fixing,
  • trans-fixes,
  • de-lights,
  • ex citing,
  • be-witched,
  • trans ported,
  • be witching,
  • trans fixt,
  • over-powering,
  • over-powered,
  • trans fix,
  • be witches,
  • sub due,
  • over-powers,
  • sub-due,
  • ex-cited,
  • over whelmed,
  • over whelm,
  • be-guiles,
  • de light,
  • sub dues,
  • be-witches,
  • over whelms,
  • be-witching,
  • over-whelms,
  • rivetted,
  • be witched.
  •hold one's attention (verb)
  • captivate,
  • stun,
  • stop in one's tracks,
  • enchant,
  • bewitch,
  • engross,
  • stop one dead,
  • root.
  •paralyze (verb)
  • dis-arms,
  • de stroying,
  • be-numb,
  • be-numbs,
  • dis-armed,
  • stopt dead,
  • dis-arming,
  • be numb,
  • bringing grinding halt,
  • stops dead,
  • bringing to grinding halt,
  • in capacitate,
  • be numbing,
  • de-stroy,
  • in-capacitating,
  • de stroys,
  • made inert,
  • be numbed,
  • dis arms,
  • be muse,
  • dis armed,
  • de-stroyed,
  • dis arming,
  • in-capacitated,
  • brings grinding halt,
  • making inert,
  • in capacitated,
  • be-mused,
  • brought to grinding halt,
  • brought grinding halt,
  • de-stroys,
  • in capacitating,
  • be numbs,
  • de adens,
  • in-capacitate,
  • be-numbing,
  • be mused,
  • in capacitates,
  • be musing,
  • made nerveless,
  • de stroy,
  • makes nerveless,
  • de stroyed,
  • bring grinding halt,
  • making nerveless,
  • de-adens,
  • brings to grinding halt,
  • be-numbed,
  • stopped dead,
  • be-musing,
  • de-aden,
  • stopping dead,
  • be-muse,
  • de aden,
  • makes inert,
  • de-stroying.
  •petrify (verb)
  • puts chill on,
  • dis maying,
  • dis mays,
  • putting chill on,
  • dis-mayed,
  • scares silly,
  • scaring stiff,
  • scaring silly,
  • dis may,
  • dis-may,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis-maying,
  • dis-mays.
  •pierce (verb)
  • Skiver,
  • Transpierce,
  • spit,
  • nail down,
  • puncture,
  • lance,
  • fix,
  • run through,
  • pin down,
  • skewer.
  •spellbind (verb)
  • catching up,
  • catches up.
  •spike (verb)
  • making fast,
  • makes fast.
  •stab (verb)
  • Sabering,
  • Sabered,
  • opens up.
  •stick (verb)
  • in-sert,
  • in sert.
  •thrust (verb)
  • poured it on,
  • pours on,
  • poured on,
  • pouring on,
  • pushing forward,
  • pouring it on.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • penetrate.
  •
  • enthrall.
  •frighten
  • petrify.
  •spellbind
  • caught up.

Antonyms for Transfix:

• v.

  • hold one's attention
    disgust, disenchant, turn off, repulse, bore, repel, look away.
  • pierce
    Unfix, forget.

Transfix Sentence Examples:

• I too dreaded lest he should be thrown off, when the animal would too probably turn round upon him, and, before assistance could arrive, might transfix him with its terrible horn.

• Forced into silence, she had no resource but to seek to transfix him with a protracted and contemptuous stare, which, though failing to disconcert the object, put her in possession of the facts that he had mild blue eyes, that the remnants of his hair were red, that he was slightly above middle height and below middle age, and that there was little about his face and still less his figure to distinguish him from a multitude of men of the average type.